The seizure of the 22nd and 23rd heights allowed the British to see the arrival of hope for victory.

The Italian army had been crushed, and with the British in pursuit, they now had only one purpose left:

Run, get out of this damn place!

For each additional second you spend here, you are more likely to be killed or captured by the enemy.

There wasn't that much Italian food to serve in the POW camps.

And the performance of the Italians in the escape also made the British army incredible

A company of the British received information on the way to the pursuit, and a large number of Italians were resting in front of them.

Rest? The British captain who commanded this company did not seem to believe that the Italians were resting there at such a critical juncture.

The captain decided that he would rather delay time than find out the true intentions of the enemy, and he had to take responsibility for the lives of his soldiers.

But the information from several reconnaissance teams was confirmed: the Italians were indeed resting there, and they were preparing lunch!

The captain was dumbfounded

There are about a thousand to fifteen hundred Italians

Now, the captain had two options, one was to wait for most of them to arrive and eat the Italian army completely, but that might give the Italians time to escape The second option was to attack immediately, but the enemy was thousands of men after all

The captain was very bold and decisively made the second choice:

Attack now!

The British company's offensive began, but something even more unimaginable to them happened.

After the gunshots rang out. The Italians did not have any intention of resisting at all, but immediately demanded surrender!

Did the British captain suspect that he had misheard, and that more than a thousand people had surrendered to his own company, which was less than a hundred?

But. Before he could make a judgment on whether this surrender was true or not, the Italians had already taken the initiative to come out in a neat line to surrender

Leading the team was a colonel of an Italian who looked at the stunned British captain, and the colonel said solemnly:

"We didn't eat, we didn't have breakfast, we didn't eat lunch, we were hungry. The war cannot be continued, so I now come out with our soldiers and surrender to the captain, now please tell me where the prisoner of war camp is? ”

"Prisoner of war camps. It's a bit of a distance," the captain swallowed, "Head here, about twenty miles away."

"It's too far, it's going to wear out my boots." The Italian colonel expressed his serious dissatisfaction.

Now, the British captain finally understands what is going on. He made a second bold decision: "So be it." Colonel, what's your name? ”

"Tawaschi, you can call me Colonel Tawaschi."

"Well, Colonel Tawaschi, please stay here with your men, and the troops behind us will take you to the prisoner of war camp by truck, so that your beautiful boots don't get worn out."

Colonel Tawasch nodded in satisfaction

This is one of the more classic routs of countless Italian armies. It is also one of the more common ones

The Germans, of course, would not have known how much stupidity the Italians had done.

At this time, a large net has been opened in Kalman

Over here. It concentrated all of the German 10th Panzer Division and part of the 164th Infantry Division, the 22nd Infantry Division, the most powerful unit of Manstein's Army.

And in command of them was neither Wolfgang of the 10th Panzer Division. Feng. General Shorel, nor Jürgen of the 5th Panzer Army. Feng. General Anim, not to mention the commander of the 164th Infantry Division, Ditri. Feng. General Kuhn.

It's the Skeleton Baron: Ernst. Alexon. Feng. Marshal Bream!

His arrival made the German soldiers fight high and could not wait to plunge into the war immediately

And at this moment, Baron Alexon is as calm as a rock, and no wind and rain can shake it for half a minute.

News from the front kept coming: the Italians were being routed, the enemy was desperately attacking, the Greek 1st Infantry Brigade was advancing at an alarming pace, and so on

Wang Weiyi didn't take this to heart at all, in Kalman, the enemy will know what a real terrible war is!

At 1:30 p.m., the fastest Italian army had already passed Kalman.

Then Italian troops arrived

The Germans collected these remnants of the Italian army, and at the same time, Wang Weiyi also ordered the seizure of General Mota, who had fled here, and chose to take over the command of the Italian army by himself!

The Italians, though unwilling, were forced to put on a decisive battle at Kalman under the threat of German bayonets and artillery

At 2:00, according to the scheduled time, the British forward troops arrived at Kalman on time. But the Italians stopped fleeing and put on a decisive appearance to surprise the British.

They did not dare to attack rashly.

At 2:30, the British front commander, Lieutenant General Woodrow, arrived at the battlefield, and when he heard the movement of the Italians, the British general, who had achieved outstanding feats in positions 22 and 23, only smiled contemptuously.

After all his main forces arrived, General Woodrow gave the order to attack.

As expected, the Italians were still on the verge of collapse.

But just as Lieutenant General Woodrow was preparing to give the order for the complete annihilation of these Italians, an unexpected circumstance occurred:

A large number of German troops suddenly appeared!

The neat tanks and solemn soldiers added a strong atmosphere of slaughter to the battlefield

Wang Weiyi, who was standing on a Tiger tank, gave his order in a calm, but enough voice to make every German officer and soldier enthusiastic:

"Attack!"

The Germans began to attack - the Battle of Kalman broke out!

The sudden appearance of German troops did not panic Lieutenant General Woodrow. Their target was originally the Germans.

The 1st Panzer Division was the first to enter the battle, and on their flanks were the 1st Greek Infantry Brigade and the 2nd Free French Brigade.

Wang Weiyi used to fight the 10th Armored Division, an elite armed Afrika Korps!

War. Wrap Kalman

The artillery of both sides began to fire at each other, and the tanks on both sides burst into roars.

Death hangs over everything here

The soldiers on both sides behaved so well that they fearlessly returned fire in the face of heavy enemy fire.

It should be said that the morale of both the German army and the enemy was extremely high.

The Commonwealth army had just captured heights 22 and 23, and the will to fight was strong. And the Germans knew that Baron Alexon, whom they loved so madly, was with them:

- Fight side by side!

Artillery fire flooded every corner of the battlefield, and death collected human lives one by one.

Blood flies. Stumps and severed arms are constantly flying in the air, this is the bloodiest and most cruel battlefield!

Everyone on this battlefield has everything they can to contribute: loyalty, bravery, and even life!

There is nothing to be opportunistic, everyone has forgotten the fear of death, and in their eyes there is only one purpose:

Kill or be killed by an enemy!

This was also the first tank battle in the "Second Battle of El Alamein".

Tanks are the brightest protagonists on the battlefield. With their heavy but mighty bodies, they smashed their cannonballs as hard as they could, and then with a sound of explosions, a new round of attacks began.

No one can forget what happened here

One of the German machine gunners was shot. But he still stubbornly shot the bullet.

In total, the soldier's MG34 machine gun fired more than 10,000 rounds. Only then did he lie down on his beloved machine gun and stop breathing.

And not just the Germans? The British were equally brave.

A British soldier was pierced in the stomach, but he stubbornly threw three grenades, and then he collapsed in a pool of blood in agony

This is the true place of death, and everyone who has ever set foot here and survived it celebrates for their good fortune

But some people are not so lucky, and they die in the war.

In a few years, the once blood-soaked land will slowly dry up, and in a few decades, no one will know what happened here

Those soldiers who fought to the last moment for their beliefs. No one will remember their names anymore.

War is only a contest between nations, bloodshed for their own political ends.

These soldiers were undoubtedly just victims

But. The soldiers, on the other hand, did not think so, they firmly believed that it was a great honor to sacrifice for their country, and they were willing to give everything for it.

Wang Weiyi calmly watched the battlefield, the shells were whistling around him, and they would explode anytime and anywhere, but he didn't seem to feel it at all.

He felt that when the war was over, a large monument should be erected here to commemorate the soldiers who died in the war

Cruel, ruthless, and cold-blooded, no matter how much blood is shed, no matter how many people die, war will always be war.

No one knows when this war will end, and no one knows when a new war will begin.

On October 24, 1942, the largest tank battle since the Second Battle of El Alamein broke out in Kalman.

The two sides fought bloody battles on this small battlefield, and each soldier expressed infinite loyalty in his own way.

For the sake of the countries they represent, let everyone fight to the end! (To be continued......)